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Title: Why did you bother? Post by: thing on September 03, 2006, 04:52:01 PM I fail to see the point in developing something 6 years after the original when there are no improvements.
The graphics, sound and gameplay are dire in comparison to the original quake 3. What motivated you to do this project? Why did you choose a concept so close to the original? Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: fromhell on September 03, 2006, 07:38:03 PM Because Quake III Arena is not Free Software?
Also compatibility is a must, so no gameplay-related changes will be made in OA. That's what mods are for. Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: thing on September 07, 2006, 08:13:18 AM Because Quake III Arena is not Free Software? Also compatibility is a must, so no gameplay-related changes will be made in OA. That's what mods are for. "it's good because it's free" doesn't really answer the questions. I could be wrong, but rtcw was a great game that used the quake engine, that isn't a mod is it? Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: fromhell on September 07, 2006, 08:23:00 AM RTCW isn't a mod, it's a licensed Quake3-engine game developed by both id and Gray Matter.
Have you seen Freedoom (http://freedoom.sourceforge.net) or Open Quartz (http://openquartz.sourceforge.net) yet? Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: fuzztooth on September 07, 2006, 08:34:13 AM I fail to see the point in developing something 6 years after the original when there are no improvements. The graphics, sound and gameplay are dire in comparison to the original quake 3. What motivated you to do this project? Why did you choose a concept so close to the original? Are you just joking around or are you really that much of a douche? Do you not understand the concept of the project? It isn't setting out to create a whole new game like rtcw, it's creating resources that can be used with quake 3 to play like quake 3 without having to purchase it itself, since the engine code was released under a GPL license a while ago. Why register just to ask something so dumb? Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: thing on September 14, 2006, 08:51:58 AM Are you just joking around or are you really that much of a douche? Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: thing on September 14, 2006, 08:53:53 AM Are you just joking around or are you really that much of a douche? / Why register just to ask something so dumb? If I was being a douch/dumb I wouldn't have asked a question, i would have posted "OMGZZ DIS IZ LAME!". Title: Re: Why did you bother? Post by: MilesTeg on September 16, 2006, 12:46:04 AM Hi thing
I see many benefits in creating free quake3 content: 1. most of the mods are playable without the need to buy the original q3. This is very useful when you think of LANs. You can't be sure everyone has bought the game and you can make a general release of OA with all necessary mods already included. 2. people who are working on improving the q3engine (Xreal, Evolution) can use OA to showcase their changes. 3. Mod makers can now easily create a standalone version of their mod. |